Students of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic abroad or Republic students (Azerbaijani: Cümhuriyyət tələbələri), were students sent by the government of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) at the beginning of 1920 to study in higher educational institutions of Western Europe, Russia and Turkey. In total, about 100 students from various strata of society were sent, for which 7 million rubles were allocated to the Ministry of Public Education. However, many of them were repressed by the NKVD in the 1930s on charges of spying for Germany and supporting the restoration of Azerbaijan's independence.